Rabat Transportation Tips by matcrazy1 Top 5 Page for this destination

My recommended itineraries (on foot)

My recommendation is to visit Rabat on foot. A few recommendations (starting from my hotel located a bit south of the medina).

1. walk around the medina + visit to the Kasbah of the Oudaya: 3 - 5 hours

2. Tour Hassan - take a taxi or city bus or take a 40 min. walk first along Andalusian Walls (noicy traffic!)

3. Royal Palace - take a taxi or city bus or take at least 1 hour walk (add Archeological Museum almost on the way).

4. Chellah - off the beaten path, take a taxi or drive there if you have a car or... take a loong walk (add Royal Palace and the Archeological Museum on the way).

Mode: AROUND

Type: Other

By own car

I arrived to Rabat by own car driving from neighbouring Sale. Unfortunately I hit afternoon rush hours and driving in Rabat was not that simple that time. There are wide avenues with no lanes marked and chaotic traffic of cars, trucks, bicyclists, motorbikers and pedastrians. Luckily there were many traffic lights and some free places + a few petrol stations to stop and look at the map.

My first task was to find out any safe, cheap and conveniently located accommodation with a safe place for my car. I used small and not very detailed but quite good for driving visitor maps of Rabat in my Michelin Maroc Guide de Tourisme. I marked a few cheap hotels which I found in my Lonely Planet guide and it took me approx. 30 min. to find out Hotel d'Alsace where I decided to stay.

It's not my recommendation to drive around Rabat, never. Use your foot, city buses or a taxi. Although two days later I left my hotel and just after morning rush hours I drove first to Hassan II Tower + Mausoleum of Mohammed V (not so easy driving and easy parking there) and then to Chellah (there was large and almost empty square to park a car in front of the entrance there). Then I found out route to Casablanca which was a bit complicated but I didn't get lost :-). Do not look for big direction signs above your lane - there are none. Instead, from time to time, on some crossroads, there are small signs, often hidden behind trucks/buses and easy to skip. Thus, prepare your itinerary before you start, keep on main avenues and check where you are on the map as often as you can.

Mode: TO,AROUND

Type: Car/Motor Home